[Aliantha]

The point is, in Australian prisons, prisoners can have just about anything they want in their cells as long as they pay for it. With this in mind, I would think that if having a special menu is important to this person, then he should spend his money on halal food and not other luxuries (I don't know if he has any or not, but if they're available, I imagine he would be excercising his rights just as anyone else would be).

I agree that it's important to rehabilitate prisoners where possible and that caring for their specific requirements can in some cases enable or assist in rehabilitation, however I object to someone committing a crime and then abusing a law set up to protect victims in order to better his own position.